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The smallest of the largest: new volumetric body mass estimate and in-vivo restoration of the dwarf elephant Palaeoloxodon ex gr. P. falconeri from Spinagallo Cave (Sicily)

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Pages 340-353 | Received 02 Apr 2019, Accepted 06 May 2019, Published online: 15 May 2019

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